As expected of Boss-san. He knows me well. Yes, I sure did jump headlong into one.
I gave him a thumb up with smiles to reply to that.

"Correct!
And it's urgent, so please sort it out. Mitama, you can use all the
money I gave you. Okay then, I'll be leaving for a bit!"

I
left the store after telling that to Mitama. I could hear someone
saying, "O-oy! Sheesh, what's with the hurry. It takes time to adjust
ready-made stuff ya know", but I paid no mind to that!
I'm heading
to my destination at a quick pace. That person will surely lend us a
hand. After all, this matter might not be unrelated to her.

"And that's that, so yeah, we need your help."

"I
don't know what you meant by 'that's that', however, I do not mind
assisting you, milord. But, could you at least explain the situation a
bit?"

As you can see, I've gone to fetch Kagura-san.
From Mitama's testimony and information from Jamito, this whole matter
should be connected to Kagura-san in a way.

"Blah blah
yadda yadda, that's the gist of it. This disinherited idiotic son of a
nobleman, 『Brave』, has a onifolk that follows him around. From what
Mitama told me, she kinda resembles Kagura-san somehow. She's just a bit
taller than you. Perhaps, she might be?"

"It's very
much a possibility. As expected of milord. Giving me the info I wanted
most. Even if that onifolk is not my mother, I must bring judgment to my
cohort for supporting such vile acts."

"Then please
come to the 『Flaming Mallet』 once you're ready. I've got to go and
secure us a transport. Oh and I'll take care of foodstuff too, so just
prepare your battle gear."

"Very well. I shall make preparations at once."

That's Kagura-san for you. She's quick to adapt. Now then, gotta go to the Ride Beast Guild myself and score us a ride.

This
world has a lot of methods of transportation, Ride Beast Guild is an
organization that supervises them all. Including of course horses, there
are cho**bo-like bird monsters, dragon-shaped monsters called running
dragons, and even centaurs. Their upper half is that of humans, is that
okay? The costs wildly vary from top to bottom, and they're even
offering rental service. I'd like to hire a coachman as well if I could,
but I have to see how the contract is like first. Kumahat-san has told
me about a contact person here that can be trusted, let's ask for the
guy.

"Hello, I'd like to consult about ride beasts and carriage, could I have an audience with Yoshii-san?"

The
moment I came inside Ride Beast Guild, I was assaulted by smells of
beasts or rather, of many things. It's similar to the cowshed my friend
managed.
I could hear animal cries like, kii kii, and gyau gyau from afar.
The
one who came out of the shed was a race I never saw before. It's a
lizardman of lizardfolk with scales covering his green body. Apparently,
they're regarded as beastfolk in this world though some people treat
them as demons.

"Ufiffuu, heyaa. You must be the one
who called for me. Nice to meet you. It's my pleasure to be acquainted
with you. I'm Yoshii, an animal trainer that belongs to this Ride Beast
Guild. Now then, what do you need today?"

Ooh, he's a way more sociable lizardman than I thought he'd be. He feels overwhelming since he's almost two meter tall though.

【Gross Eating】
Skill
of those who can eat anything with their stomach of steel. This skill
disintegrates things like poison and paralyzing liquid and turn them
harmless as long as they're orally ingested.

The skill
is amazing in a sense. In short, you can eat any type of poison as long
as it's orally ingested huh. The fact that you can't get poisoned by
your meals is legit by itself.

"I was referred here by
Kumahat-san. Actually, I need a ride beast and a carriage in short
order. But we don't have anyone with experience as a coachman, is there a
ride beast whom even beginners can handle?"

He looks a bit troubled (since his expression doesn't change much, this is a guess).

"Humm,
that's quite a tall order. It's dangerous without at least a degree of
experience. We have cases where ride beasts went on a rampage and ran
away because they couldn't get used to the handling."

Figured. It can't be that easy. Well, I never expected that to work anyway, so let's get down to business now.

"I figured as much. Then I'd like to consult about another matter..."

<TLN:
If you're reading this novel at any other site than Sousetsuka .com you
might be reading an unedited, uncorrected version of the novel.>

In
the meantime, Mitama and Kagura who have finished their preparations
and shopping are waiting for Nobusada in front of the 『Flaming Mallet』.

"W-w-w-w-w-what are you talking about noja... We're just at a level where he's seen my naked body."

"...Unyan."

Mitama
blushed with her ears flopped down. Looks like she ended up imagining
things after hearing about naked body stuff. Kagura also blushed while
muttering, 'I shouldn't have told her that'.

"But
still, I wonder what's going on with milord. He said he went to get us a
ride, but I do not see a ride beast anywhere... huh? What in the world
is that??"

From the direction of the Ride Beast Guild, a
canopy-equipped cart is being pulled by a small black thing at high
speed. There's something obviously odd about it compared to other
carriages around it.

"Milord. Just what are you doing noja..."

"Thanks for waiting! Now then, get on board."

"...Why is Nobu playing around as a ride beast?"

That's
right, the one pulling the carriage is Nobusada. The carriage is a size
smaller than normal carriages, however, it's still something that
should be too heavy to be pulled by someone yet-to-be-adult by himself.
It's a ready made cart that can be bought at the Ride Beast Guild.

"No well, we're gonna do a forced march right. And thus, I bought one, a cart. And now I can carry you two easy with this!"

"...So Nobu is gonna pull it no matter what."

"No,
but, at this size, even a man who boasts of his strength won't be able
to pull it to a satisfactory speed, won't he? Since when did milord
train such powerful leg strength?"

"Let's just depart for now. Get on the carriage."

The
girls seemingly yielded to the brimming Nobusada and boarded the
carriage reservedly. There's enough space to easily fit five to six
people inside. The two stare at Nobusada who's gripping the handle as if
saying, what now.

"Let's get going. First of all, activate 『<<Anti-Graviton>>』."

Graviton
is a gravity magic that crushes things. With magic modification, the
less element you add, the easier it is to control. By reversing
graviton's effect, you 'mysteriously' get a magic that decrease the
effect of gravity. I can easily carry heavy stuff with this. Once
activated, this makes the carriage lighter than even Mitama.

"In addition 『<<Air Hover>>』."

This
is a magic modified from Wind Wall, normally it produces a wind wall
that blows you upward, but this magic creates winds that blows and
supports my feet like air cushions. It makes me look like I'm floating
from outside perspective. We can't go forward with just these two magic,
so I add another one.

"We're taking off. 『<<Air Thruster>>』"

This
one is a modified Wind Storm. It's a magic that simplifies the blowing
powers of a storm into a mere thrusting power. With a combination of
these three spells, the Highspeed Mobile Transportation Nobusada is
complete!! (smugface)
Sorry, I got ahead of myself. I was
frantically practicing this you know. Thanks to that, I even got
Parallel Casting skill. With this skill, combining multiple magic into
one gets easier to control.

However, frankly speaking,
this doesn't look cool at all. You're gripping the handle, and you don't
look like flying after all. But if you can bear with that, you could be
rewarded with speed that won't lose to an average ride beast. It's even
possible to speed up to modern car's level if you forgo the control.
Since I'm doing it very carefully, currently my limit is only around 50
Km/H, but it should be good enough. The cart's base might pop out if I
overdo it.

Everyone who got passed by the cart that was
being pulled by the floating me turned around with a 『What was that
thing?』 look on their face, but I kept carrying on my way and ran past
the South Gate.

I'm gradually raising the speed that
was suppressed inside the town. Since the carriage was shaking
violently, I bolstered 『<<Anti Graviton>>』 strength a bit,
almost raising the carriage's wheels above the ground, or rather it's
floating already. Furthermore, I use the two wind magic to suppress air
resistance and the shaking. This requires me to finely adjust them, but
it feels like it comes together nicely and naturally to me.
By the
way, Tama-chan has enshrined herself on top of my head during the
flight. Since I'm fully concentrating on controlling the flight, she's
in charge of looking out at the surroundings.

We're
having a meal while also resting at Pezun Village that is the halfway
point to our destination. I completely ignored all the questions
regarding our method of transportation. I'll explain it once this is all
over.
Our meal this time is stuff I've always had on hands. After
my first entry to a dungeon, I've been making food in large quantity
whenever I have time and stuff them inside magic rucksacks. It's a habit
I developed after coming to this world where many things are simply
unpredictable. It's all thanks to magic rucksacks with preservation
function though.

I only noticed that Mitama had a complete change of equipment after gazing at her munching down the hamburger I made.

"Those protectors, they're just like mine. Yup, it looks good on you."

Mitama
who suddenly got addressed choked while letting out a sound,
'n-ga-kuu', like the wife character in a certain long-running daily
anime series. My bad, seriously.
She's bought a set of Iron Ant
protectors at the 『Flaming Mallet』 that's just like mine. She's also got
herself a short bow and two double-edged daggers.

Trent Composite Bow
Quality: Good - Enclosed Mana: 2/2
A
composite bow made of metal, Iron Ant material, and wood drop item of
Trent. It is unfit for long range attacks, but due to its small size,
it's easy to operate and good for short to medium range. The bowstring
is made of Iron Ant's feelers, thus it possesses both strength and
flexibility.

Maurio's Dagger x2
Quality: Good - Enclosed Mana: 4/4
Double-edged dagger of Maurio. Made of steel. Contrary to its bulky look, it's lightweight and can be equipped on both hands.

Complete Protector Set of Iron Ant (Breastplate, Gauntlet, Leggings)
Quality: Good - Enclosed Mana: 3/3
Protector
set made from Iron Ant's carapace. Due to the improvements in
processing technique, it's lighter and sturdier than earlier versions.

Boss-san, he's getting even better.

"They're quite something. Ah right, those are presents from me, please keep them with you from now on."

"...No, but, you're already helping so much, taking these would..."

"S'fine no worries. They're made to order for Mitama, so please keep them."

I pushed them to Mitama who seemed like she still had something to say.
I
have a reason talking about this here. It's to make Mitama relax a bit
since she's been brooding excessively. You could make an unforeseen
error if you're too tense. I've been made aware of that thoroughly the
other day. It's better to have at least a bit of latitude in your mind
no matter the situation. Nothing good will come out of brooding over too
much.